Chapter 11 Restraint
"My father has passed away for many years, but I rarely think of him on weekdays, but recently, for some reason, I always dream of the days before he left, when he was terminally ill, and often whispered in his dreams, saying things that my mother and I couldn't understand at all." Liu Xujiao's smile looked a little bleak today.
"You are quite similar to Xixi," Cheng Muyou sat down beside him, "She always sits in this pavilion, thinking of her father." ”
"Why did Miss Jiang's father also pass away?"
"It's been gone for a long time, it's a pity that it's an orphan, and I've been taken in by the Cheng family since I was a child."
Liu Xujiao sighed deeply, "Miss Jiang's background is so pitiful, but she can still be so optimistic and open-minded, which really makes me admire." ”
"If you are optimistic and open-minded, I am afraid that few people can compare to the virtuous brothers." A sly smile appeared on Cheng Muyou's lips.
"Brother Cheng is joking with me again."
Little by little, the moon climbed to the highest part of the night sky, sprinkling the silvery white light all over the courtyard, gentle and mysterious.
"It's so late at night, where are you going?"
"These bandits are becoming more and more rampant, and the king who has got rid of them today, if you don't uproot them, there will be trouble."
"You old man, how can you deal with so many thieves?"
"Of course I have my way."
"Wait, what's that thing in your hand?"
"It's still discovered by you, why don't you join me and see how those bandits were eliminated by it."
A hot, soft hand was on Hu Zhun's hand, and he opened his eyes suddenly, but he still couldn't adjust to the real world in front of him for a moment, and his grandfather's voice in his dream seemed to extend here, confusing his mind.
"Why did Mr. wake up now, Jing'er has been waiting outside the door for an hour, and you know that it is not easy for me to sneak out." This voice is coquettish with a little resentment, and soft and a little tough.
Brigadier General Hu pulled his hand back, "Didn't you just come here a few days ago?" Why is it here again? The detachment in his voice couldn't be more palpable.
Jing'er pursed her lips and leaned towards him again, "People just miss you, you can't think about it, you scratch your heart and lungs, if you don't see Mr. again, I'm afraid you will be depressed and die." ”
Hu Zhun looked at the cheap step on the head of the mirror swaying in front of him, and a disgust arose in his heart, he moved towards the wall, "The children will come in a while, and please respect the girl." ”
The mirror froze, and her face suddenly became gloomy and cruel, "Sir, don't talk to me in this tone, if you make me unhappy, be careful......"
"What do you want?" Hu Zhun interrupted her, his tone softened, and he was very weak.
Jing'er smiled, she changed so quickly that Hu Zhun thought that he was facing a fickle enchantress.
Jing'er hugged his shoulder, "I want you to redeem for me, I want to fly away with you and leave this sad place." ”
"I'm not leaving." He blurted out without even thinking about it
"Not leaving?" Jing'er paused, and suddenly slapped him on his white face, leaving five red marks wherever his fingers went, "Then I'll say everything, and everyone won't live." ”
Hu Zhun lay on the bed and gasped for breath for a while, and when he raised his head, he had returned to his usual elegant appearance, "Okay, I promise you, but I need silver to redeem your body, and you also know that I haven't saved anything over the years, give me a little more time." ”
"That's right," Jing'er pursed her reddened lips and gently pouted on his finger-marked cheek, "I'll wait for you, don't let me down, or I'll be angry." After saying this, she twisted her waist and got out of bed, looked back at Hu Zhun deeply, and then reluctantly walked towards the door.
Zhusheng lay on the wall, tears gushed out of her eyes, she couldn't stop, she felt the despair of "can't beg" for the first time in her life, she didn't understand, that gentleman Hu, who was graceful and jade, didn't eat fireworks, why was he entangled with such a woman. Her girl's heart, which had never experienced the world, was hit by a strong blow, almost shattered into several petals, she crawled down from the wall with trembling legs, and for the next few days, she wandered around Yunhu Academy like a wandering spirit, wanting to confirm whether what she saw that day was true, but she was afraid that after confirming it, she would once again throw her heart and soul into the abyss of despair.
Xun'er was resting on the bookcase, and suddenly her hair bun was pulled hard, "Hey, where did Mr. go?" Xiao Jiu's voice appeared above his head.
Xun'er rubbed her sleepy eyes, "It's still there just now, why is there no one after a while." ”
Xiao Jiu's eyes rolled, and he picked up Xun'er and walked towards the door, until he reached the door of the inner courtyard where Hu Zhun lived.
"Would you like to go in and have a look?" Xiao Jiu's thick, short fingers pointed at the unlocked door.
Xun'er was startled, "Mr. said he wouldn't let him in, it's the yard where he lives." ”
"Do you still want to eat cloud cake?" Xiao Jiu secreted saliva as he spoke, and the two round cheeks fell together.
"Didn't Mr. just give us a share yesterday?"
"That's not enough," Xiao Jiu smacked his mouth, "If you don't go in, I'll go by myself, but I can give you a little bit later." As he spoke, he pushed the door open and squeezed it in, and slowly closed the door again.
Xun'er didn't scream, so she had to stretch out her head and look at the gate, for fear that Mr. Hu's figure would suddenly appear.
Hu Zhun's bedroom was not locked, and there was no figure in half of it, Xiao Jiu's heart was happy, and his round body jumped into the room. It was neat and uninhabited, with very few items, the bookcases and beds were spotless, except for the shelves densely filled with books of all kinds that he couldn't read.
Xiao Jiu searched everywhere he could, but he still didn't find the cloud cake wrapped in oiled paper, he began to feel anxious, on the one hand, he was afraid that Mr. Hu would come back coldly, and on the other hand, he was unwilling to stop because of the gluttonous worms in his stomach.
Suddenly, there was a "click" sound under the bed, which scared Xiao Jiu so much that he almost jumped to his feet, he seemed to be frozen, his two eyes looked at the dark corner of the world under the bed motionlessly, and his heart beat fast unconsciously.
"Huh." There was another slight thud, and then something slowly moved out of the shadow under the bed, revealing a dark yellow corner.
"It's a cloud cake." Xiao Jiu's heart moved, and there seemed to be a trace of the aroma of dim sum wafting into his nose.
He clenched his fists, looked left and right, and finally made up his mind, walked to the side of the bed, bent down on his fat body, knelt on the ground, and reached out to reach out to the bag of cloud cakes.